Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported having symptoms of anxiety or depression in the last 12 months

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
51.1
50.7 - 51.5
49.5
49.1 - 49.9
55.8
55.3 - 56.2
53.9
46.4
39.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
48.0
47.3 - 48.7
47.6
46.9 - 48.3
53.1
52.4 - 53.9
52.7
45.6
37.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
53.5
52.6 - 54.4
52.1
51.3 - 53.0
58.5
57.7 - 59.3
56.3
49.1
41.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
54.8
54.0 - 55.7
51.3
50.5 - 52.1
58.5
57.7 - 59.4
55.7
48.0
41.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
47.1
45.5 - 48.8
46.7
45.0 - 48.3
50.3
48.7 - 51.9
47.9
38.2
34.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
52.0
49.7 - 54.3
50.7
48.3 - 53.1
56.0
53.7 - 58.4
53.2
45.2
38.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
46.3
45.0 - 47.7
45.3
44.0 - 46.7
51.9
50.4 - 53.3
49.7
43.2
35.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
54.2
52.5 - 55.8
49.4
47.7 - 51.1
58.2
56.5 - 59.9
54.9
46.3
44.1
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
51.1
49.1 - 53.2
48.1
46.0 - 50.1
56.6
54.5 - 58.7
52.7
45.5
37.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
49.9
47.7 - 52.1
48.2
46.1 - 50.4
54.1
51.8 - 56.5
51.0
47.1
41.1
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
49.8
46.8 - 52.8
49.4
46.2 - 52.6
54.9
51.8 - 57.9
53.5
44.3
34.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
42.7
39.2 - 46.2
42.4
38.9 - 45.9
50.9
47.2 - 54.5
44.4
45.4
30.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
55.1
51.6 - 58.6
52.6
49.0 - 56.1
57.7
54.0 - 61.4
52.8
46.6
43.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
38.5
36.7 - 40.4
37.2
35.3 - 39.1
42.7
40.7 - 44.6
45.9
38.0
30.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
57.5
52.7 - 62.3
56.0
51.2 - 60.8
58.9
54.0 - 63.7
54.7
43.6
42.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
45.9
43.6 - 48.2
47.5
45.2 - 49.8
51.0
48.8 - 53.2
47.3
39.0
33.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
51.2
49.2 - 53.2
48.7
46.7 - 50.7
55.6
53.5 - 57.6
54.4
44.4
39.1
Fredericton
53.0
51.7 - 54.2
48.7
47.6 - 49.9
57.5
56.2 - 58.7
53.6
47.7
37.9
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
50.4
47.6 - 53.2
46.1
43.4 - 48.8
51.5
48.8 - 54.1
48.4
40.9
35.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
67.6
61.3 - 74.0
56.5
51.0 - 62.1
61.8
56.1 - 67.5
67.8
48.6
30.6
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
43.7
39.5 - 47.9
44.8
40.5 - 49.0
44.2
39.7 - 48.8
49.9
32.0
35.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
62.5
58.9 - 66.2
60.3
56.6 - 64.1
61.8
57.9 - 65.7
56.4
46.7
45.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
54.5
52.7 - 56.2
49.0
47.2 - 50.8
57.8
56.0 - 59.6
55.0
47.0
43.9
Moncton
47.9
46.9 - 48.9
48.3
47.3 - 49.3
54.3
53.2 - 55.4
53.1
45.1
38.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
57.0
53.1 - 60.8
55.6
51.6 - 59.5
59.9
56.0 - 63.8
60.9
48.9
39.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
51.3
46.1 - 56.5
52.2
47.2 - 57.3
61.3
56.0 - 66.5
53.8
39.8
46.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
50.1
45.2 - 55.0
44.0
39.7 - 48.4
50.8
46.3 - 55.3
50.4
47.1
37.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
59.1
57.0 - 61.2
56.6
54.5 - 58.6
61.8
59.8 - 63.8
60.2
54.9
50.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
64.3
60.6 - 68.0
62.4
58.7 - 66.1
68.9
65.4 - 72.4
64.2
45.9
40.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
50.4
48.8 - 52.0
49.2
47.7 - 50.7
54.6
53.1 - 56.1
53.5
45.7
38.6
Riverview and Coverdale
50.8
48.7 - 53.0
51.6
49.3 - 53.9
59.0
56.8 - 61.2
58.2
51.3
40.8
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
55.1
52.0 - 58.3
53.8
50.6 - 57.1
57.4
53.9 - 60.9
57.1
48.5
36.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
54.6
53.2 - 55.9
53.2
51.9 - 54.4
59.9
58.7 - 61.1
57.4
52.1
45.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
56.0
52.9 - 59.2
53.4
50.4 - 56.4
58.0
55.2 - 60.8
55.3
51.4
41.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
44.2
41.3 - 47.1
45.5
42.8 - 48.2
48.5
45.5 - 51.5
48.5
44.3
35.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
41.5
38.2 - 44.8
40.5
37.1 - 44.0
45.2
41.6 - 48.8
46.0
39.4
34.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
55.4
52.0 - 58.8
53.6
50.2 - 57.0
60.1
56.5 - 63.6
58.0
53.6
42.4
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
56.0
53.0 - 58.9
52.7
49.8 - 55.5
61.1
58.3 - 63.8
55.3
45.0
39.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
54.2
51.3 - 57.1
54.3
51.5 - 57.0
60.1
57.7 - 62.6
59.0
50.0
39.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
42.8
40.1 - 45.5
45.2
42.4 - 47.9
48.1
45.2 - 51.0
49.8
39.3
37.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
52.7
51.8 - 53.7
52.2
51.2 - 53.1
58.3
57.4 - 59.3
56.7
48.4
39.5
Anglophone North School District
57.9
56.6 - 59.2
54.8
53.4 - 56.2
61.8
60.5 - 63.2
58.6
51.8
44.9
Anglophone South School District
54.1
53.2 - 55.0
52.6
51.8 - 53.5
59.0
58.2 - 59.8
56.6
49.5
42.2
Anglophone West School District
55.3
54.5 - 56.2
52.4
51.6 - 53.2
59.2
58.4 - 60.0
56.5
48.4
41.3
Anglophone sector
54.6
54.1 - 55.1
52.7
52.2 - 53.2
59.2
58.8 - 59.7
56.8
49.2
41.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
44.1
42.8 - 45.4
42.9
41.5 - 44.2
49.7
48.4 - 51.1
47.5
40.2
34.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
44.8
43.0 - 46.6
45.0
43.3 - 46.8
48.1
46.4 - 49.8
47.1
37.4
33.6
District scolaire francophone Sud
39.4
38.3 - 40.4
39.4
38.4 - 40.3
44.7
43.5 - 45.8
45.7
39.8
34.2
Francophone sector
41.8
41.1 - 42.6
41.4
40.7 - 42.1
46.8
46.1 - 47.6
46.5
39.5
34.2
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
45.5
45.0 - 46.1
44.2
43.6 - 44.7
49.0
48.4 - 49.6
47.3
38.5
30.3
Grades 9 to 12
55.2
54.7 - 55.8
53.3
52.8 - 53.9
60.5
60.0 - 61.1
58.7
52.0
45.8
Gender
Female
59.3
58.8 - 59.9
59.4
58.9 - 60.0
65.4
64.8 - 65.9
64.0
n/a
n/a
Male
40.7
40.1 - 41.3
37.5
37.0 - 38.1
43.4
42.8 - 44.0
39.9
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
81.0
78.4 - 83.7
77.8
75.3 - 80.3
85.4
84.1 - 86.7
86.0
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
60.7
60.2 - 61.3
61.0
60.4 - 61.5
67.5
67.0 - 68.1
66.7
56.3
n/a
Male
40.6
40.1 - 41.2
37.3
36.8 - 37.9
43.4
42.8 - 43.9
40.1
36.2
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
77.6
76.6 - 78.6
77.3
76.4 - 78.2
78.0
77.2 - 78.7
76.9
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
64.8
63.4 - 66.2
62.5
61.1 - 64.0
68.9
67.4 - 70.5
64.5
55.5
52.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
47.9
46.9 - 49.0
46.0
44.9 - 47.1
52.4
51.2 - 53.6
50.3
43.5
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
65.4
64.0 - 66.8
64.1
62.7 - 65.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
49.2
48.3 - 50.2
47.3
46.3 - 48.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator is the percentage of students in grades 6 to 12 who reported having symptoms of anxiety or depression in the last 12 months.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness and Education Survey - Grades 6-12

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no". This indicators is based on respondents who answered at least 1 of the following 2 questions about depression and anxiety: During the last 12 months, did you ever feel so sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more in a row that you stopped doing some usual activities? And during the last 12 months, did you ever feel nervous, anxious or on edge or you were unable to stop or control worrying almost every day for two weeks or more in a row that you stopped doing some usual activities?

Notes

Users are advised to exercise caution if comparing data from the community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area to other New Brunswick communities. The data for the community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area is based on students in grades 6 to 8, while data from the other communities are based on students in grades 6 to 12. Survey results are assigned to communities based on the location of the school. The community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area does not have any schools with grades 9 to 12.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

SH_DEPAN_1

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